Champions League 2021 - 2022

[pied06 228]

Always liked the away goal rule.

[Firemans4Horn 18122]

54 minutes ago, pied06 said:

Always liked the away goal rule.

I think they will change it back next year. 

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

1 hour ago, pied06 said:

Always liked the away goal rule.

Me too. Can't explain why logically, but it makes for some cool scenarios. 

[pied06 228]

I don't get the "it's not fair" argument.  Logically makes sense and everyone knows the rules going in.  Prefer it as a first tiebreaker to ET and PKs.

[MoJames 8254]

Yeah, what's the purpose of getting rid of it? Was a great tiebreaker.

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

1 minute ago, MoJames said:

Yeah, what's the purpose of getting rid of it? Was a great tiebreaker.

Knowing UEFA? Someone got paid.

[MoJames 8254]

25 minutes ago, Cheeseweasel said:

Knowing UEFA? Someone got paid.

Your mom.

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

1 hour ago, MoJames said:

Your mom.

She's dead so no one is scoring away goals.

[MoJames 8254]

Just now, Cheeseweasel said:

She's dead so no one is scoring away goals.

[Jive Turkey 12642]

PSG v. Real Madrid is on big CBS today. The network station. That’s huge. 

[Jive Turkey 12642]

City scores.  up 1-0 over Sporting Lisbon.

[Hagbard Celine 10923]

golazo

[Jive Turkey 12642]

good lord.  Bernardo Silva just ripped a gorgeous half volley.  2-0 City after 17 minutes.  

[Hagbard Celine 10923]

silva one-timer on the bounce hypersonic upper90 laser

[Hagbard Celine 10923]

well that tie is done 15 minutes in

over to psg

[Jive Turkey 12642]

Just now, Hagbard Celine said:

well that tie is done 15 minutes in

over to psg

yep.  i was flipping back and forth between the two, but now just PSG/Real.

[ztejas 43537]

1 hour ago, Jive Turkey said:

PSG v. Real Madrid is on big CBS today. The network station. That’s huge. 

Yeah I was flipping through and was like "wow". 

PSG with sone nice link up play early. I'd be shocked if Real made it through. 

[Hagbard Celine 10923]

that silva goal i say GODDAMMNN

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

12 minutes ago, ztejas said:

PSG with sone nice link up play early. I'd be shocked if Real made it through. 

it's been 90% PSG possession. Just a matter of time.

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

Well they don't seem very Sporting.

[Firemans4Horn 18122]

PSG-RM was a snoozer first half. I miss do everything Messi. This seems like semi-retired Messi. 

[Firemans4Horn 18122]

Lol, cool tackle attempt Carvajal. 

[InkaUtexas 26103]

Messi denied his penalty.  

[Firemans4Horn 18122]

Semi-retired Messi doesn’t seem like he gives a shit playing for this fake, plastic club. 

[Napoleon 8700]

Messi has never had a good average (compared to other top scorers) when taking PKs. The play-by-play guy was so ready to go down on Messi and I was thinking "He's actually not that great at PKs.", but didn't post it.

Was a stupid challenge by Carvajal on a ball that was already going out of bounds, so maybe the gods thought that putting Messi at the spot would make up for the ball going out.

[Napoleon 8700]

And shortly afterwards, Messi steals the ball from his teammate, who was going to blast the ball on frame.

Odd decision by Messi, but I think that now he's pressing due to having fucked the PK.

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i'm getting a lot of work done during this game

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

Do you want a 5-0 snooze fest or a 0-0 snooze fest. 

[mdmost 43050]

Mbappe in extra time!

[JerrysJheriCurl 977]

That was incredible. Wow!

[MoJames 8254]

Who is this Mbappe guy. Seems good.

[Firemans4Horn 18122]

Wow Mbappe just scored an insane one

[kingkoopa6 8377]

wow.. 

[Speedtrucker 2079]

Well that’ll be fixed in a few months.

Damnit

[Hagbard Celine 10923]

silk

but no away goals = different feel to these results mid-tie

[sidis 9832]

Jesus, what a way to finish. Mbappé so fun to watch. 

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

5 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said:

Wow Mbappe just scored an insane one

Just wait until he's at Liverpool!

[shadow_operative 15932]

4 hours ago, pied06 said:

I don't get the "it's not fair" argument.  Logically makes sense and everyone knows the rules going in.  Prefer it as a first tiebreaker to ET and PKs.

•you lose at home 2-1

•you're down by one goal

•second leg you score first to go up 1-0

tied up, right? nope, you're still down by one goal. you still need to score again to win. that's dumb.

Edited February 15, 2022 by shadow_operative

[Napoleon 8700]

Who is the hostess today replacing Kate Abdo on the panel?

Fairly easy on the eyes as well.

(Can't see her body, but cute face & hair... which is important when discussing fútbol.)

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

Yes. Let's decide it by penalties is a much better solution.

[MoJames 8254]

7 minutes ago, Cheeseweasel said:

Just wait until he's at Liverpool!

[mdmost 43050]

10 minutes ago, Cheeseweasel said:

Just wait until he's at Liverpool!

Nah. We're getting Haaland instead.

We're not getting Haaland. 

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

Just now, mdmost said:

Nah. We're getting Haaland instead.

We're not getting Haaland. 

Lewa maybe?

[pied06 228]

23 minutes ago, shadow_operative said:

•you lose at home 2-1

•you're down by one goal

•second leg you score first to go up 1-0

tied up, right? nope, you're still down by one goal. you still need to score again to win. that's dumb.

Going into the second leg, you know you're down two away goals and need that many to advance.  If you don't know that, then you're dumb.

Scoring and winning on the road is more difficult than scoring and winning at home.  Seems reasonable to reward that.

 

[shadow_operative 15932]

1 minute ago, pied06 said:

Going into the second leg, you know you're down two away goals and need that many to advance.  If you don't know that, then you're dumb.

Scoring and winning on the road is more difficult than scoring and winning at home.  Seems reasonable to reward that.

 

but it doesn't seem reasonable to call it a draw when both teams score the same amount of goals? 

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

2 minutes ago, shadow_operative said:

but it doesn't seem reasonable to call it a draw when both teams score the same amount of goals? 

And how would you propose they break said tie?

[MoJames 8254]

1 minute ago, Cheeseweasel said:

And how would you propose they break said tie?

Ask your mom.

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

1 minute ago, MoJames said:

Ask your mom.

She's big on Golden Goals.

[MoJames 8254]

Just now, Cheeseweasel said:

She's big on Golden Goals.

[pied06 228]

8 minutes ago, shadow_operative said:

but it doesn't seem reasonable to call it a draw when both teams score the same amount of goals? 

 

Sure, in a season series who really cares.  In two games where on team is advancing you have to come up with a method to differentiate.

Pretty sure a game that goes to PKs, ends in a tie and that's the method to determine who advances.  

 

When you have ET/PKs involved, you often see a lesser team park the bus, playing to get to PKs as the game goes on.  When you have away goals, there is an incentive for the away team to press for a goal, unlike what you saw RM do today.

All methods have their plusses and minuses, but the away goal makes sense to me.